Look here: whilst you were playing actors and audience by yourself,

some one knocked at the door of the tavern."

Some one knocked at the door?"

Yes."

I don't like that."

Nor I, either."

And then?"

And then I opened it."

Who was it that knocked?"

Some one who spoke to me."

What did he say?"

I listened to him."

What did you answer?"

Nothing. I came back to see you play."

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The Man Who Laughs